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March 3, 2010

JoS2 (Maybe)

JoS1 was a huge success, despite the stupid outcome of the stupid game.

For several reasons, the only chance of JoS2 happening in 2010 is if it's held north of the border. Here's my idea: go to a night game at Skydome on Wednesday, August 11, and then hang out at our house the following day, watching the afternoon game on BuffyVision and grilling dinner. We could probably have everyone spend the night at Chez L-Sock, plus there is a possibility of the game tickets being half-price.

The Guelph doctors want her to have chemo but we decided against it. They got the whole tumour, and if there are stray cancer cells in there somewhere, by the time a tumour forms, who knows how old she will be. We don't want to put her through treatments - every 3-4 weeks, an hour away, sedation, side effects, etc. No go.

Both dogs seem very happy. It's a joy to watch them together.

It was hard to see Tala while Cody was in the hospital - she was so depressed. She didn't eat the whole time, just curled up in her crate. A preview of what's to come one day. But for now, all is grand.

That sounds like the humane decision. We have made that same decision ourselves, with humans as well as with dogs. When Harvey's father was diagnosed with colon cancer at 93, there was no follow up treatment after surgery for the same reasons (though the doctors did present it as an option). He lived over two more years, without pain or the side effects of chemo.

Yeah, I was mulling about those 3 mid-week games. My personal life is less complicated these days so I'll be trying to swing it. A few details to iron out but I'll keep watching (lurking) this space. BTW, re Buffyvision, you guys know Buffy got canned, eh? At least from Jays PBP--they hired Buck Martinez for the job. Buffy was last seen somewhere near Whistler looking for either a lift home or something to do.

if all goes well at the school of accountancy this summer, i could probably even show up for the day game, since i'll be off work at that time, studying for the UFE (uniform final exam)!

on a related baseball note, i've won the chance to purchase monstah seats! hoping to get some for the 7/31 weekend series vs. tigers, since thats basically the only time i'll have off in between accounting exams.

You gonna shell out the $165 or go for the $35 SRO up there? I've always gotten the SROs and several times I've sat the whole game in seats. It's worth a shot if you can't justify spending as much as you might on a used car on baseball tix. But if you've got the $, by all means go for it!

Red Sox 2, Twins 1. The Magic Number for the Mayor's Cup is down to 6. Or 3 depending on how you look at it. Three wins away, anyway.

Jere, the seats are super expensive....but its a little different for me. If I was in your situation and made it to a ton of games per year, SRO all the way.

But since its a big trip/"experience" I'm going to try and get some seats. Plus the last time we went and had SRO on the roof deck, it ended up being one of those stupid Dice-K 5 hour 9-inning games, and everyone was kinda turned off of the whole SRO thing.

Its one of those things, if I'm going to make the trip out there, may as well spend the extra money.

And I'm fiscally irresponsible when it comes to spending money on these things anyway, so seats it is!

When you travel to go to a game, and you don't have many opportunities to be in that city, it's really tough to go without tickets. We've only done that twice that I can remember (once at Fenway, once at Comiskey) but it's not fun.

We just had a similar thing with this year's Shakespeare Festival in Stratford. There are much cheaper tickets available day-of, but if we're only there on those two days, can we take a chance? (Answer: no.)

I would love to be a part of the California JOS Trip so keep me posted. Also - Zenslinger, I think Giants/Sox tickets are hard to come by but I have a friend who has two tickets for $70 each if you are interested.

I have a bigger question than mere quibbles about tickets or airfares:Does the fact that we are associates of you two mean that we will be strip searched at the border and have our passports confiscated?

With the inception of Stub Hub and Ace tickets , we all have "won" that chance....I think I just pissed on tim's parade. sorry,bro.

anyone who uses those two sites without exhausting all other resources first is a complete moron. especially for red sox games. (see many posts by jere on that topic)

and shelling out $400 to some scalper for a monster seat doesn't exactly qualify as a "win" for me. buying legit tickets @ face value, now thats a different story.

L - that's awesome that you'll be in stratford, we will definitely have to come out for dinner and possibly a play! like i said last time, its always been on our list of things to do since moving to the area 5 yrs ago.

"With the inception of Stub Hub and Ace tickets , we all have "won" that chance....I think I just pissed on tim's parade. sorry,bro."

No, with the inception of those sites, we've all lost, because so many tix go to them instead of to real fans, and then they go and mark them up by a thousand percent. To get $165 Monster Seats at face value is a huge win. Tim, thanks for noticing my ticket posts, ha.

Oh, and 9casey, I posted some Holyland videos you may be interested in.

Wow, I'd lve to make #2. Not sure at this time though. Actually, at THIS time, I'm sure not. The economy has caught up to my little business and money is tighter than tight. If it loosens up a little this spring I would definitely be up for it. Guess it kinda depends on when you need a commitment by

We haven't figure that out yet. Luckily for us, Blue Jays tickets are always easy to get - although Red Sox and NYY games sell fastest. I think through my Rogers connection we should have plenty of time.

Monster is a pretty small section--it's gonna sell out fast. I'm still redialing over and over for some SROs...I'm tellin' ya, with those you still can get a seat. If not for the whole game, definitely for the first/last innings.

Tim, also try calling the ticket office when they open Monday at 10, maybe they'll have some GM seats from people whose credit cards were declined or whatever. And just keep trying them periodically, especially leading u to the game you want, they always hold seats back. Monster will be tough though.

I ended up getting through to them at about 3:30, and they had seats for weekday games, the last series vs. Baltimore, but figured a weekend game would be better for everyone's work schedules. (My mom and her husband would've been accompanying us on this trip).

Didn't want to get SROs, even if we could sit in someone elses seats for 1/2 the game....would rather go, knowing we have seats. Again, I don't care personally, the people I'm going with do more.

So, I'll probably just look for regular seats or maybe hold out for a roof deck table, would be a decent experience as well.

So far I am going to Saturday and Sunday of the Giants series in San Francisco. I may be landing a new much higher paying job soon and if I do I plan on flying to Toronto for a game just for the JOS folks that live nearby.